THE WEEK IN CHESS 565 5th September 2005 by Mark Crowther
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58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals 90 games
74th Ukrainian Chess Championship 17 games
Howard Staunton Memorial 3 games
Paul Keres Memorial 90 games
Villa Martelli 18 games
8th International Banyoles 56 games
Caissa August IM II 42 games
VI Obert d'Escacs International 40 games
V Vila de Marin Open 90 games
VII Sants Open 200 games
Iranian Championship Semi-final 169 games
First Saturday September 15 games
Coulsdon "Premiership" International 45 games
4th Lahijan Open 133 games
US Chess League 16 games
14th Kavala Open 133 games
Bratto Open 93 games
49th Spanish Teams 60 games
BDO Haarlem 80 games
15th Abu Dhabi Festival 9 games
1399 games
My thanks to Rich Fireman, Gary Suffield, Bognar Csaba, Aniko Toth,
Carsten Hensel, Thomas Henrich, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, Miklos Orso, Carlos
Martín Sánchez, Scott Freeman, Greg Shahade, Ian Rogers, Rod
McShane, Adolivio Capece, Andy McFarland, Eugeny Atarov, Hugh Brodie, Argiris
Kotsis, David Cohen, Eric Schiller, Toni Ayza, Amanov Mesgen, Ching Kim Lye,
Antonio Torrecillas and everyone else who helped with the issue.
The semi-finals of the 58th Russian Championships are in themselves a
strong event with players competing to play in what should be a great event in
December. After three rounds Mikhail Kobalia is the only player left on 100%
after he defeated Evgeny Bareev. Elsewhere the Ukrainian Championships conclude
and the Dutch Championships start tomorrow. Vladimir Kramnik will play for a
very strong NAO team in the European Club Cup in Italy, September 18th-24th
2005.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Mark
The 58th Russian Championship Semi-Finals takes place in Kazan 2nd-12th
September 2005. 66 player swiss. The 58th Russian Championships final takes
place December 2nd-16th 2005 with Grischuk, Dreev, Svidler and Morozevich. 7
qualify from the event.
Leading players: Evgeny Bareev, Alexander Khalifman, Alexander Motylev,
Sergey Rublevsky, Konstantin Sakaev, Pavel Smirnov, Artiom Timofeev, Dmitry
Jakovenko, Vadim Zvjaginsev, Evgeny Alekseev.
The bottom three boards for each round seem to be missing.
Official site: http://www.russiachess.ru
Further details: http://www.chesspro.ru/events/kazan05.shtml
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58th ch-RUS Semi-Final Kazan RUS (RUS), 3-11 ix 2005
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1. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2614 +43 +42 +25 . . . . . . 3.0
2. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2622 +57 +24 = 5 . . . . . . 2.5 2848
3. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2645 +53 = 8 +35 . . . . . . 2.5 2844
4. Zvjaginsev, Vadim g RUS 2659 =11 +45 +37 . . . . . . 2.5 2834
5. Inarkiev, Ernesto g RUS 2618 +59 +58 = 2 . . . . . . 2.5 2850
6. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2625 +22 =35 = 8 . . . . . . 2.0 2694
7. Motylev, Alexander g RUS 2675 =39 +36 =18 . . . . . . 2.0 2657
8. Shariyazdanov, Andrey g RUS 2592 +51 = 3 = 6 . . . . . . 2.0 2704
9. Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2653 =26 +40 =14 . . . . . . 2.0 2691
10. Timofeev, Artyom g RUS 2661 =40 +39 =20 . . . . . . 2.0 2694
11. Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2549 = 4 =15 +49 . . . . . . 2.0 2690
12. Kharlov, Andrei g RUS 2619 =29 +41 =21 . . . . . . 2.0 2667
13. Bryzgalin, Kirill f RUS 2480 +56 =18 =16 . . . . . . 2.0 2730
14. Galkin, Alexander g RUS 2598 =17 +48 = 9 . . . . . . 2.0 2671
15. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2627 =45 =11 +32 . . . . . . 2.0 2672
16. Najer, Evgeniy g RUS 2614 +52 =32 =13 . . . . . . 2.0 2642
17. Chuprov, Dmitry m RUS 2477 =14 =30 +58 . . . . . . 2.0 2715
18. Korotylev, Alexey g RUS 2604 +63 =13 = 7 . . . . . . 2.0 2681
19. Khairullin, Ildar m RUS 2538 =27 =28 +44 . . . . . . 2.0 2747
20. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2600 =31 +62 =10 . . . . . . 2.0 2644
21. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2562 =62 +50 =12 . . . . . . 2.0 2640
22. Savchenko, Boris m RUS 2534 - 6 +60 +47 . . . . . . 2.0 2691
23. Yakovich, Yuri g RUS 2560 -25 +61 +46 . . . . . . 2.0 2672
24. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2574 +64 - 2 +59 . . . . . . 2.0 2654
25. Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2688 +23 =37 - 1 . . . . . . 1.5 2591
26. Bezgodov, Alexei g RUS 2548 = 9 =27 =28 . . . . . . 1.5 2637
27. Smirnov, Pavel g RUS 2635 =19 =26 =29 . . . . . . 1.5 2538
28. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2625 =41 =19 =26 . . . . . . 1.5 2540
29. Yemelin, Vasily g RUS 2530 =12 =44 =27 . . . . . . 1.5 2620
30. Dvoirys, Semen I g RUS 2589 =46 =17 =33 . . . . . . 1.5 2485
31. Iljin, Artem m RUS 2500 =20 =47 =42 . . . . . . 1.5 2596
32. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2555 +54 =16 -15 . . . . . . 1.5 2636
33. Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2516 =44 =34 =30 . . . . . . 1.5 2597
34. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2596 =48 =33 =43 . . . . . . 1.5 2514
35. Lastin, Alexander g RUS 2583 +60 = 6 - 3 . . . . . . 1.5 2574
36. Obolenskikh, Dmitry RUS 2437 +55 - 7 =38 . . . . . . 1.5 2603
37. Riazantsev, Alexander g RUS 2599 +61 =25 - 4 . . . . . . 1.5 2612
38. Magomedov, Magaram g RUS 2565 =49 =46 =36 . . . . . . 1.5 2437
39. Lugovoi, Aleksei g RUS 2556 = 7 -10 +63 . . . . . . 1.5 2617
40. Vorobiov, Evgeny E g RUS 2552 =10 - 9 +64 . . . . . . 1.5 2584
41. Novikov, Stanislav g RUS 2534 =28 -12 +62 . . . . . . 1.5 2546
42. Sorokin, Maxim g RUS 2567 +66 - 1 =31 . . . . . . 1.5 2512
43. Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2519 - 1 +66 =34 . . . . . . 1.5 2544
44. Tregubov, Pavel V g RUS 2607 =33 =29 -19 . . . . . . 1.0 2403
45. Yevseev, Denis g RUS 2537 =15 - 4 =51 . . . . . . 1.0 2460
46. Gavrilov, Alexei1 m RUS 2464 =30 =38 -23 . . . . . . 1.0 2446
47. Filippov, Valerij g RUS 2621 =50 =31 -22 . . . . . . 1.0 2396
48. Kabanov, Nikolai m RUS 2508 =34 -14 =53 . . . . . . 1.0 2453
49. Pokazanjev, Nikolai f RUS 2410 =38 =55 -11 . . . . . . 1.0 2436
50. Iljushin, Alexei g RUS 2531 =47 -21 =54 . . . . . . 1.0 2492
51. Balashov, Yuri S g RUS 2469 - 8 =53 =45 . . . . . . 1.0 2431
52. Chebotarev, Oleg RUS 2517 -16 =54 =56 . . . . . . 1.0 2502
53. Kosyrev, Vladimir g RUS 2540 - 3 =51 =48 . . . . . . 1.0 2415
54. Sakaev, Konstantin g RUS 2669 -32 =52 =50 . . . . . . 1.0 2409
55. Popov, Valerij g RUS 2570 -36 =49 =57 . . . . . . 1.0 2335
56. Tseshkovsky, Vitaly g RUS 2599 -13 =63 =52 . . . . . . 1.0 2379
57. Shaposhnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2533 - 2 =64 =55 . . . . . . 1.0 2418
58. Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2583 +65 - 5 -17 . . . . . . 1.0 2390
59. Loginov, Valery A g RUS 2527 - 5 +65 -24 . . . . . . 1.0 2422
60. Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2453 -35 -22 +66 . . . . . . 1.0 2388
61. Nevostrujev, Vladimir g RUS 2490 -37 -23 +65 . . . . . . 1.0 2411
62. Bragin, Alexander RUS 2396 =21 -20 -41 . . . . . . 0.5 2292
63. Yandemirov, Valeri g RUS 2515 -18 =56 -39 . . . . . . 0.5 2313
64. Grebionkin, Vladimir m RUS 2438 -24 =57 -40 . . . . . . 0.5 2280
65. Shabanov, Yuri g RUS 2451 -58 -59 -61 . . . . . . 0.0
66. Feoktistov, Alexey A m RUS 2424 -42 -43 -60 . . . . . . 0.0
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74th Ukrainian Chess Championship, Final 2005 took place August 24th -
2nd September 2005 in Rivne. 32 participants compete in a knock-out system. 18
Grandmasters including Efimenko Zahar (2643), Areshchenko Alexander (2625),
Borovikov Vladislav (2595), Baklan Vladimir (2584), Neverov Valeriy (2572),
Women European Chess Champion Lahno Kateryna, and 9 international/national
masters take part in the competition.
The top two seeds contested the final. Alexander Areshchenko beat
Efimenko Zahar in the first playoff game to take the title.
Official site Ukrainian Chess Federation:
http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/eng/
74th ch-UKR KO 2005
Final
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Areshchenko,A 2.0
Efimenko,Z 1.0
3rd-4th Place
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Borovikov,V 1.5
Neverov,V 0.5
Semifinal
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Borovikov,V 2.0
Areshchenko,A 2.0
Efimenko,Z 2.5
Neverov,V 1.5
Quarterfinal
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Kononenko,Dmitry1 1.5
Borovikov,V 2.5
Areshchenko,A 2.0
Ushenina,A 0.0
Brodsky,M 0.5
Efimenko,Z 1.5
Kruppa,Y 2.0
Neverov,V 2.0
Round 2
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Kononenko,Dmitry1 1.5
Fedorchuk,S 0.5
Borovikov,V 2.5
Moroz,A 1.5
Zinchenko,Ya 0.0
Areshchenko,A 2.0
Ushenina,A 1.5
Korobov,A 0.5
Brodsky,M 2.5
Malakhatko,V 1.5
Efimenko,Z 1.5
Lahno,Kateri 0.5
Kruppa,Y 1.5
Baklan,V 0.5
Neverov,V 1.5
Kuzubov,Y 0.5
Round 1
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Kononenko,Dmitry1 1.5
Gritsak,O 0.5
Fedorchuk,S 1.5
Peskov,A 0.5
Burlai,O 0.5
Borovikov,V 1.5
Zubarev,Al1 0.5
Moroz,A 1.5
Zinchenko,Ya 2.0
Kovalchuk,V 0.0
Areshchenko,A 1.0
Nesteretz,A 1.0
Ushenina,A 1.0
Romanishin,O 1.0
Korobov,A 2.0
Tarlev,K 0.0
Labensky,I 0.0
Brodsky,M 2.0
Malakhatko,V 2.0
Truskavetsky,A 0.0
Nedilko,V 1.0
Efimenko,Z 1.0
Lahno,Kateri 1.5
Andreev,Ed 0.5
Pavlov,S2 0.5
Kruppa,Y 1.5
Baklan,V 1.5
Onischuk,V 0.5
Alexikov,A 0.5
Neverov,V 1.5
Kuzubov,Y 1.0
Smirnov,I UKR 1.0
The Dutch Championships takes place September 5th-16th 2005 in
Leeuwarden. The men's event starts on Tuesday.
Men GM Sergei Tiviakov 2678 GM Loek van Wely 2655 GM Erik van den Doel
2587 GM Jan Smeets 2537 GM Daniël Stellwagen 2533 GM Friso Nijboer 2529 IM
Erwin l'Ami 2519 IM Jan Werle 2514 replaces Timman IM Ruud Janssen 2501 IM
Sipke Ernst 2457 GM Jan Timman 2625 out with a broken hand according to Dutch
teletext. Women GM Peng Zhao Qin 2405 WIM Bianca Muhren 2269 FM Petra Schuurman
2266 WIM Marlies Bensdorp 2225 Arlette van Weersel 2173 Laura Bensdorp 2108
Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2005/
The Howard Staunton Memorial took place August 19th-30th 2005. Jonathan
Levitt and Jon Speelman finished on 6/10.
Official site:
http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2005/gamesresults.shtml
3rd Staunton Memorial London ENG (ENG), 19-20 viii 2005cat. VII (2421)
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1 2 3 4 5 6
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1 Levitt, Jonathan g ENG 2441 ** == =1 =1 01 01 6.0 2488
2 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2549 == ** == == 11 01 6.0 2467
3 McNab, Colin A g SCO 2451 =0 == ** 01 1= 1= 5.5 2450
4 Howell, David WL m ENG 2471 =0 == 10 ** 10 == 4.5 2374
5 Day, Lawrence A m CAN 2270 10 00 0= 01 ** 11 4.5 2414
6 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2342 10 10 0= == 00 ** 3.5 2326
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The Paul Keres Memorial took place in Tallinn, Estonia 30th August - 4th
September 2005. Meelis Kanep won the event with 6.5/9.
Official site: http://www.maleliit.ee
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Paul Keres Mem A Tallinn EST (EST), 30 viii-4 ix 2005 cat. IX (2459)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Kanep, Meelis m EST 2491 * = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 6.5 2621
2. Miezis, Normunds g LAT 2527 = * = = 1 = 1 1 0 1 6.0 2576
3. Kengis, Edvins g LAT 2534 = = * = 1 = = = 1 1 6.0 2575
4. Kulaots, Kaido g EST 2570 0 = = * = = = 1 1 1 5.5 2526
5. Starostits, Ilmars m LAT 2474 = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 1 1 5.5 2537
6. Seeman, Tarvo m EST 2405 = = = = 0 * = 1 1 = 5.0 2508
7. Rytshagov, Mikhail g EST 2455 = 0 = = = = * = 1 0 4.0 2416
8. Zavoronkov, Vladimir m EST 2374 0 0 = 0 0 0 = * 1 1 3.0 2343
9. Smirnov, Artem m RUS 2405 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 2.0 2245
10. Raud, Rainer EST 2356 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 * 1.5 2197
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Paul Keres Mem B Tallinn EST (EST), 30 viii-4 ix 2005 cat. IV (2340)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Krivonosov, Oleg m LAT 2449 * = = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2452
2. Shvyrjov, Igor m EST 2476 = * = 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6.0 2449
3. Lauk, Ular f EST 2368 = = * = = = = 1 1 = 5.5 2416
4. Savickas, Airidas LTU 2281 = 1 = * = 0 1 = = 1 5.5 2426
5. Zjukin, Sergei m EST 2359 = 0 = = * = 1 = = = 4.5 2337
6. Shlykov, Vitali EST 2213 = 0 = 1 = * 0 = = 1 4.5 2353
7. Narva, Jaan f EST 2300 = 0 = 0 0 1 * 1 = = 4.0 2301
8. Asauskas, Henrikas LTU 2348 0 1 0 = = = 0 * = 1 4.0 2295
9. Akesson, Joel f SWE 2345 0 0 0 = = = = = * 1 3.5 2259
10. Soskov, Vjatsheslav EST 2257 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 0 * 1.5 2075
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There was a festival celebrating the 50th Anniverary of the Villa
Martelli Chess Club which took place 17th-27th August 2005. Julio Granda Zuniga
won with 7.5/10. All games now available.
Official site: http://ajedrezmartelli.org.ar/50a.htm
50th Ann Festival GM Villa Martelli ARG (ARG), 17-27 viii 2005cat. XIII (2555)
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1 Granda Zuniga, Julio E g PER 2601 ** 1= =1 10 1= 11 7.5 2738
2 Felgaer, Ruben g ARG 2618 0= ** 1= 11 1= 1= 7.0 2691
3 Leitao, Rafael g BRA 2598 =0 0= ** == 11 =1 5.5 2582
4 Valerga, Diego m ARG 2499 01 00 == ** 1= == 4.5 2529
5 Rodriguez, Andres g URU 2523 0= 0= 00 0= ** =1 3.0 2412
6 Slipak, Sergio g ARG 2489 00 0= =0 == =0 ** 2.5 2374
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The 8th International Banyoles took place 16th-25th August 2005. Harmen
Jonkman and Jordi Fluvia Poyatos finished on 7.5/9. Final round games
missing.
Official site:
http://www.compartir.org/escacsbanyoles/index.htm
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8th Open Banyoles ESP (ESP), 17-25 viii 2005
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1. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2454 7.5 49.5 54.5 41.0
2. Fluvia, Jordi ESP 2443 7.5 48.5 52.0 38.5
3. Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2534 7 51.0 55.5 35.0
4. Campos Moreno, Javier B g CHI 2443 7 43.0 46.5 33.5
5. Bromberger, Stefan m GER 2491 6.5 48.0 53.0 36.0
6. Slaby, Jerzy m POL 2432 6.5 45.5 48.0 34.5
7. Matnadze, Ana wg GEO 2389 6.5 44.5 48.5 33.0
8. Cuadras Avellana, Jorge f ESP 2376 6.5 40.5 44.0 31.0
9. Borges Mateos, Juan g CUB 2467 6 50.5 54.5 36.0
10. Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2476 6 48.0 52.0 35.5
11. Fluvia Poyatos, Joan m ESP 2458 6 47.0 51.5 34.0
12. Ermenkov, Evgenij g PLE 2478 6 46.0 49.0 33.0
13. Parmentier, Xavier f FRA 2283 6 44.5 48.5 32.5
14. Coursaget, Nicolas f FRA 2358 6 39.5 43.5 29.0
105 players
The 2nd Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open took place 19th-26th August 2005.
70 participants including 13 GMs participated: Ian Rogers, Utut Adianto, Nguyen
Anh Dung, Wang Hao, Wu Shaobin, Edhi Handoko, Koneru Humpy, Abhijit Kunte,
Eugene Torre, Joey Antonio, Dao Thien Hai, Nelson Mariano, Taleb Moussa... The
event was won by Wang Hao who compiled a tremendous score of 10/11 including a
win against Ian Rogers in the final round where the latter needed a win to take
second place. News: Ching Kim Lye.
Next year's 3rd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open (to be held again during
the same period next year) will be increased to USD18,000 from USD15,000 this
year.
Official site: http://www.malaysiaopen.net/ with
additional info at: http://tcn.sourceforge.net/
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2nd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur MAS (MAS), 19-26 viii 2005
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1. Wang Hao CHN 2512 +53 +38 +30 = 2 + 9 + 7 +24 + 3 +17 = 5 + 6 10.0 2826
2. Antonio, Rogelio jr g PHI 2513 +58 +42 +26 = 1 =12 + 6 = 9 = 5 = 4 = 3 +10 8.0 2654
3. Gonzales, Jayson m PHI 2477 +51 +21 = 4 = 5 =10 + 8 +18 - 1 +25 = 2 = 9 7.5 2583
4. Nguyen Anh Dung g VIE 2555 +31 +17 = 3 = 7 =33 -13 +30 +20 = 2 +12 = 5 7.5 2559
5. Adianto, Utut g INA 2588 +45 +19 =24 = 3 - 7 +38 +22 = 2 +13 = 1 = 4 7.5 2569
6. Rogers, Ian g AUS 2569 =43 +35 =22 +17 +19 - 2 + 7 =13 +18 + 9 - 1 7.5 2497
7. Mariano, Nelson g PHI 2466 +49 +46 =12 = 4 + 5 - 1 - 6 +34 = 8 +18 +28 7.5 2556
8. Kunte, Abhijit g IND 2561 +50 =13 =32 +25 =16 - 3 =14 +27 = 7 +23 +17 7.5 2543
9. Torre, Eugenio g PHI 2535 +34 =33 +13 +14 - 1 +16 = 2 +32 =10 - 6 = 3 7.0 2560
10. Dao Thien Hai g VIE 2601 +39 =14 =16 +26 = 3 =12 =25 +23 = 9 +28 - 2 7.0 2555
11. Wynn Zaw Htun m MYA 2578 +44 =32 -14 +34 -13 +41 =33 =26 +20 =17 +25 7.0 2444
12. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2531 +54 +20 = 7 +24 = 2 =10 =13 -17 +22 - 4 =14 6.5 2500
13. Handoko, Edhi g INA 2407 +65 = 8 - 9 +41 +11 + 4 =12 = 6 - 5 =25 =15 6.5 2523
14. Abdulla, Al-Rakib m BAN 2462 +55 =10 +11 - 9 +21 -24 = 8 -29 +44 +22 =12 6.5 2472
15. Myo Naing m MYA 2516 +18 -26 +31 -22 -45 +62 +44 =21 =32 +29 =13 6.5 2323
16. Hossain, Enamul m BAN 2473 =47 +48 =10 +46 = 8 - 9 =21 -22 +45 =31 +38 6.5 2387
17. Situru, Nathanael m INA 2382 +68 - 4 +50 - 6 +44 +34 +28 +12 - 1 =11 - 8 6.5 2478
18. Sonjaya, Deni INA 2178 -15 +67 +42 =32 +37 +36 - 3 +24 - 6 - 7 +33 6.5 2474
19. Sriram, Jha m IND 2437 +66 - 5 +37 +39 - 6 -25 =43 +41 =21 =40 +36 6.5 2391
20. Tirto f INA 2370 +62 -12 -34 +51 +57 +27 =23 - 4 -11 +46 +39 6.5 2386
21. Chan, Nicholas f MAS 2313 +70 - 3 +29 =36 -14 +51 =16 =15 =19 =24 +32 6.5 2446
22. Sorbe, Stephane FRA 2340 +56 =23 = 6 +15 -28 +26 - 5 +16 -12 -14 +40 6.0 2456
23. Juswanto, Denny m INA 2509 +29 =22 =33 =30 =38 +45 =20 -10 +26 - 8 =31 6.0 2392
24. Wu Shaobin g SIN 2510 +64 +25 = 5 -12 +32 +14 - 1 -18 =33 =21 =26 6.0 2420
25. Lim Yee-Weng f MAS 2348 +61 -24 +53 - 8 +31 +19 =10 +33 - 3 =13 -11 6.0 2424
26. Mok Tze-Meng f MAS 2351 +67 +15 - 2 -10 +43 -22 +48 =11 -23 +53 =24 6.0 2384
27. Sales, Jesse Noel f PHI 2340 -35 =47 +48 =43 +29 -20 +31 - 8 -40 +57 +44 6.0 2214
28. Irwanto, Sadikin f INA 2517 =41 -37 +65 +58 +22 =33 -17 +38 +29 -10 - 7 6.0 2351
29. Anas, Nazreen Bakri f MAS 2150 -23 +70 -21 +52 -27 +42 +37 +14 -28 -15 +50 6.0 2365
30. Prayitno, Sugeng INA 2333 +69 +36 - 1 =23 -36 +64 - 4 -39 +49 =34 +51 6.0 2363
31. Shen Siyuan CHN 2232 - 4 +68 -15 +66 -25 +57 -27 +51 +42 =16 =23 6.0 2355
32. Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2414 +40 =11 = 8 =18 -24 +35 +36 - 9 =15 =39 -21 5.5 2370
33. Wu Xibin f CHN 2390 +63 = 9 =23 +44 = 4 =28 =11 -25 =24 =36 -18 5.5 2410
34. Panggabean, Hasian INA 2222 - 9 +60 +20 -11 +46 -17 +45 - 7 =38 =30 =35 5.5 2321
35. Anasrullah INA ---- +27 - 6 -44 +50 =39 -32 -46 +62 +43 =42 =34 5.5 2289
36. Taleb, Moussa g UAE 2508 +57 -30 +54 =21 +30 -18 -32 +46 =39 =33 -19 5.5 2287
37. Zhang Jilin wm CHN 2356 =48 +28 -19 =45 -18 +47 -29 +55 =53 -38 +56 5.5 2203
38. Lahiri, Atanu m IND 2344 +59 - 1 =41 +64 =23 - 5 +39 -28 =34 +37 -16 5.5 2328
39. Meenakshi, S1 wg IND 2273 -10 +66 +55 -19 =35 +53 -38 +30 =36 =32 -20 5.5 2309
40. Son, Asia wf KAZ 2105 -32 -44 -59 +56 -42 +67 +50 +66 +27 =19 -22 5.5 2203
41. Srivachirawat, Kannapon THA 2186 =28 =43 =38 -13 +55 -11 +62 -19 =57 =48 +54 5.5 2250
42. Salimbagat, Rico f USA 2379 +60 - 2 -18 -55 +40 -29 +65 +63 -31 =35 +53 5.5 2142
43. Koneru, Chandra Hawsa IND 2235 = 6 =41 =51 =27 -26 +58 =19 -45 -35 =47 +61 5.0 2199
44. Lim Chuing Hoong MAS 2239 -11 +40 +35 -33 -17 +63 -15 +48 -14 +49 -27 5.0 2226
45. Ahmad, Maliki MAS 2244 - 5 =65 +49 =37 +15 -23 -34 +43 -16 -50 +60 5.0 2266
46. Tan Lian-Ann m SIN 2302 +52 - 7 +47 -16 -34 =55 +35 -36 +64 -20 =48 5.0 2180
47. Tun, Seri Lanang Othman MAS 2129 =16 =27 -46 -57 +52 -37 -56 +68 =54 =43 +59 5.0 2124
48. Aplin, Christer Jon SIN 1947 =37 -16 -27 +65 =58 +50 -26 -44 +66 =41 =46 5.0 2222
49. Chong Chor Yuen HKG 2127 - 7 =52 -45 +63 -53 =61 +59 +54 -30 -44 +57 5.0 2092
50. Haessler, Carl USA 2234 - 8 +63 -17 -35 +60 -48 -40 +61 +65 +45 -29 5.0 2091
51. Ahmad, Iftikke PAK 2250 - 3 +69 =43 -20 +54 -21 =53 -31 +63 +64 -30 5.0 2190
52. Yu,Marco HKG ---- -46 =49 =68 -29 -47 +70 -54 =67 =62 +69 +63 5.0 2043
53. Yang Ning wf CHN 2164 - 1 +59 -25 =62 +49 -39 =51 +56 =37 -26 -42 4.5 2153
54. Jones, Lee f AUS 2189 -12 +62 -36 =59 -51 =56 +52 -49 =47 +55 -41 4.5 2086
55. Lomibao, Sheerie Joy wf PHI 2126 -14 +57 -39 +42 -41 =46 =64 -37 =56 -54 +68 4.5 2146
56. Dotsenko,Viacheslav RUS ---- -22 =64 -58 -40 +68 =54 +47 -53 =55 +65 -37 4.5 2101
57. Yu,Melvin HKG ---- -36 -55 +60 +47 -20 -31 +69 =64 =41 -27 -49 4.0 2092
58. Jones, Brian f AUS 2173 - 2 =61 +56 -28 =48 -43 -63 -65 +69 -59 +64 4.0 2008
59. Noguchi, K JPN 1832 -38 -53 +40 =54 -64 =65 -49 -60 +70 +58 -47 4.0 2028
60. Edwin, Lam MAS 1983 -42 -34 -57 +70 -50 -66 =67 +59 =61 +62 -45 4.0 1973
61. Wan Khye Theng MAS 1911 -25 =58 -64 +68 -62 =49 =66 -50 =60 +70 -43 4.0 2021
62. Wang Xinyue CHN 1978 -20 -54 +69 =53 +61 -15 -41 -35 =52 -60 +70 4.0 2017
63. Chan Tze Wei MAS 2039 -33 -50 +70 -49 +66 -44 +58 -42 -51 +67 -52 4.0 2063
64. Mendoza, Beverly wm PHI 2140 -24 =56 +61 -38 +59 -30 =55 =57 -46 -51 -58 3.5 2028
65. Rizal, Ahmad Kamal MAS 2079 -13 =45 -28 -48 +69 =59 -42 +58 -50 -56 =67 3.5 2017
66. Lim Kian Hwa MAS 2106 -19 -39 +67 -31 -63 +60 =61 -40 -48 -68 +69 3.5 1947
67. Aw Wai Onn MAS 1920 -26 -18 -66 -69 +70 -40 =60 =52 +68 -63 =65 3.5 1946
68. Goh, Benjamin SIN 2035 -17 -31 =52 -61 -56 =69 +70 -47 -67 +66 -55 3.0 1898
69. Lu,David HKG ---- -30 -51 -62 +67 -65 =68 -57 +70 -58 -52 -66 2.5 1868
70. Malcampo,Crisfer PHI ---- -21 -29 -63 -60 -67 -52 -68 -69 -59 -61 -62 0.0
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The 2nd Caissa IM August tournament took place 20th-28th August 2005.
Amadeus Eisenbeiser won the event with 9.5/12 and an IM norm. Richird Keresztes
and Alexander Staib won the FM and Junior groups respectively. News: Csaba
Bognar and Aniko Toth.
Next events, 17-26-09-2005, 15-24-10-2005... IM round robin and/or FM
tmt, more info http://www.caissachessbooks.com Dr.
Tamas Erdelyi caissa@axelero.hu
Caissa IM August II Kecskemet HUN (HUN), 20-28 viii 2005
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1 Eisenbeiser, Amadeus f GER 2318 ** == == 1= 11 11 11 9.5 2468
2 Kragelj, Igor f SLO 2230 == ** 10 =1 == 1= =1 7.5 2347
3 Sutorikhin, Vladimir m RUS 2370 == 01 ** == == =1 11 7.5 2324
4 Bjerring, Kai m DEN 2309 0= =0 == ** == == 11 6.0 2239
5 Erdelyi, Tamas m HUN 2278 00 == == == ** 01 10 5.0 2187
6 Vasvari, Tamas HUN 2203 00 0= =0 == 10 ** 1= 4.5 2170
7 Knudsen, Jes West DEN 2038 00 =0 00 00 01 0= ** 2.0 2011
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FM Group
1 Keresztes, Richard 2232 HUN 7 2272 2042 0,25 28,00
2 Krasnopeev, Petr 0 RUS 7 2259 2066 2 27,25
3 Oldenhuis, Lance 2004 NED 6 2232 2074 2,2 20,00
4 Donko, Matyas FM 2040 HUN 5 2119 2069 0,78 23,00
5 Lovas, Daniel 2170 HUN 5 2051 2051 -1,12 20,00
6 Eisenbeiser, Karlhe 2067 GER 4,5 2065 2065 0 16,00
7 Zsiros, Laszlo 2063 HUN 3 1964 2066 -1 12,25
8 Braun, Joachim 0 GER 3 1979 2066 1979 9,25
9 Braun, Ruediger-Thomas 1999 GER 3 1973 2075 -0,3 9,25
10 Csavajda, Peter 1950 HUN 1,5 1852 2082 -0,74 6,50
The VI Obert d'Escacs International 'Ciutat de Tarragona' took place
20th-28th August 2005. Artur Kogan won the event with 7.5/9. Games from the
final round not available.
Official site: http://www.clubescacstarragona.org/
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VI Open Tarragona ESP (ESP), 20-28 viii 2005
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1. Kogan, Artur g ISR 2580 7½ 51½ 55½
2. Dzhumaev, Marat g UZB 2531 7 51½ 55½
3. Krivoshey, Sergei m UKR 2500 7 51 55
4. Delchev, Aleksander g BUL 2656 7 50½ 55
5. Oratovsky, Michael g ISR 2529 7 50½ 55
6. Abergel, Thal m FRA 2446 7 48 52
7. Munoz Pantoja, Miguel m PER 2474 7 43 47½
8. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas g KAZ 2619 6½ 48½ 53
9. Guidarelli, Laurent m FRA 2458 6½ 48 51½
10. Katzir, Moshe ISR 2202 6½ 46 49½
11. Perpinya Rofes, Lluis Maria f ESP 2381 6½ 44 47½
12. Midoux, Sebastien FRA 2300 6 48 52½
13. Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2510 6 47 52
14. Movsziszian, Karen g ARM 2439 6 47 51½
15. Chabanon, Jean-Luc g FRA 2426 6 47 50½
16. Vilela, Jose Luis m CUB 2394 6 46 50
17. Zurano Lopez, Pedro ESP 2253 6 44 47½
18. Djingarova, Emilia wg BUL 2277 6 44 47½
19. Lymar, Irina wg UKR 2316 6 43½ 47
20. Shoker, Samy f FRA 2319 6 43 47½
21. Peric, Slavisa m SCG 2280 6 42½ 47
22. Farran Martos Francesc ESP 2123 6 42 45
123 players
The V Aberto Internacional de Xadrez Vila de Marin Marin (Pontevedra)
took place 21st-29th Augusts 2005. Holden Hernandez won the event with 7.5/9 a
point clear of the field.
Official site: http://usuarios.lycos.es/perezcarnerogaspar/
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V Open Vila de Marin ESP (ESP), 21-29 viii 2005
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1. Hernandez, Holden m CUB 2458 7.5 41.5 52.5 40.0
2. Petkov, Vladimir m BUL 2475 6.5 41.0 53.0 34.5
3. Manolache, Marius m ROM 2462 6.5 39.5 51.5 34.0
4. Dimitrov, Vladimir g BUL 2418 6.5 39.0 48.5 33.5
5. Sande Edreira, Jose Antonio f ESP 2264 6.5 37.5 49.0 31.5
6. Astaneh Lopez, Alex IRL 2304 6 40.5 51.5 34.5
7. Iotov, Valentin m BUL 2447 6 38.0 48.0 32.0
8. Nanu, Ciprian-Costica m ROM 2434 6 38.0 47.5 30.5
9. Sanchez Aller, Fernando ESP 2261 6 35.5 45.5 31.0
10. Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael m ESP 2230 6 33.5 42.5 30.0
11. Danilov, Ilie Vladimir f ROM 2363 5.5 40.5 51.0 33.0
12. Garcia Castro, Pablo f ESP 2377 5.5 40.0 52.5 32.0
13. Diaz Nunez, Adolfo ESP 2205 5.5 39.5 49.0 31.0
14. Huerga Leache, Mikel ESP 2176 5.5 37.5 47.0 28.5
15. Perez Fungueiro, Manuel A ESP 2300 5.5 36.5 46.0 30.5
16. Garcia Carbo, Marcial f ESP 2355 5.5 34.0 44.0 30.0
17. Sanchez Juncal, Benito ESP 2221 5.5 34.0 43.5 28.0
18. Vega Gomez, Francisco B ESP 1983 5.5 33.0 42.0 26.5
19. Quidiello, Rogelio ESP 2149 5.5 31.5 41.5 26.5
20. Gonzalez Roca, Pablo ESP 1861 5.5 28.0 36.0 20.0
60 players
The VII Sants Open in Barcelona took place 27th August - 4th September
2005. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu won the 10 round swiss with 8.5/10 half a point
clear of the field.
Further details: http://www.cotxeres.org/open2005
This tournament is part of the Catalan Grand Prix
http://www.fcde.org/circuit/oberts.html
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VII Sants Open Barcelona ESP (ESP), 27 viii-4 vii 2005
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1. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2679 8,5
2. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2570 8,0
3. Parligras, Mircea g ROM 2571 8,0
4. Zhu Chen g CHN 2494 8,0
5. Purnama, Tirta Chandra INA 2337 8,0
6. Gonzalez Garcia, Jose m MEX 2478 7,5
7. Handke, Florian g GER 2460 7,5
8. Peralta, Fernando g ARG 2553 7,5
9. Grigore, George-Gabriel g ROM 2479 7,5
10. Megaranto, Susanto g INA 2499 7,5
11. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2478 7,5
12. Matnadze, Ana wg GEO 2389 7,5
13. Fluvia, Jordi ESP 2443 7,5
14. Barrientos, Sergio f COL 2433 7,5
15. Marin, Mihail g ROM 2537 7,0
16. Zude, Erik f GER 2424 7,0
17. Moskalenko, Viktor g UKR 2534 7,0
18. Escobar Forero, Alder m COL 2416 7,0
19. Narciso Dublan, Marc g ESP 2476 7,0
20. Borges Mateos, Juan g CUB 2467 7,0
21. Halay, Taufik f INA 2320 7,0
22. Almeida, Omar m CUB 2462 7,0
23. Koskinen, Henri f FIN 2296 7,0
24. Lopez Gracia, Fernando f ESP 2323 7,0
25. Gonzalez, Yuri m CUB 2495 7,0
26. Ledger, Andrew m ENG 2438 7,0
27. Hernando Rodrigo, Julio A ESP 2371 7,0
28. Alsina Leal, Daniel ESP 2322 7,0
29. Hernando Rodrigo, Jose Maria m ESP 2351 7,0
30. Gabrielsen, Trond NOR 2243 7,0
31. Zagrebelny, Sergey g UZB 2510 7,0
32. Relea, Nicolas FRA 2090 7,0
33. Fernandez Aguado, Enrique f ESP 2356 7,0
34. Yeo, Michael J ENG 2200 7,0
35. Losada Cabrera, Francisco Javier ESP 2194 7,0
318 players
The semi-final of the Iranian Championship took place in Tehran from
3rd-11th August 2005 in Iranian Chess palace building, 38 players competed in a
9 round Swiss with FIDE standard tie break, The 10 best players will
participate in Iranian Championship final with 2 Iranian GM's 10th-20th
September. (FM Darban won the competition with 7 points.)
Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
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ch-IRI Semi-Final Tehran IRI (IRI), 3-11 viii 2005
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1. Darban, Morteza f IRI 2397 +15 +30 +10 + 3 = 2 = 6 +11 = 5 = 4 7.0 2514
2. Mahjoob, Morteza m IRI 2442 +36 = 9 +23 +14 = 1 +17 = 6 = 4 = 5 6.5 2428
3. Ghorbani, Mohsen m IRI 2340 +33 +21 + 8 - 1 - 9 +13 =15 = 6 +16 6.0 2347
4. Mohajerin, Payman f IRI 2334 -30 +15 =21 +28 +18 =14 +17 = 2 = 1 6.0 2355
5. Sharbaf, Mohsen f IRI 2346 +32 =14 -18 +21 = 8 +26 + 9 = 1 = 2 6.0 2379
6. Ardeshi, Mehrdad f IRI 2265 +29 =28 +35 = 9 +19 = 1 = 2 = 3 = 7 6.0 2379
7. Doostkam, P IRI 2250 =31 -34 -27 +38 +28 +30 +14 +10 = 6 6.0 2318
8. Soozankar, A.M IRI 2251 +16 +24 - 3 =10 = 5 =19 +23 =15 =13 5.5 2316
9. Mahmoody, M. Sadegh IRI 2228 +25 = 2 +34 = 6 + 3 -11 - 5 +14 =12 5.5 2331
10. Khaghani, Mehdi IRI 2311 +13 +17 - 1 = 8 -14 +21 +22 - 7 +15 5.5 2292
11. Mahdavirad, Mehdi IRI 2228 +22 =18 -14 +34 +27 + 9 - 1 -12 +23 5.5 2298
12. Ghane, Shojaat m IRI 2375 -21 +33 +28 -17 -13 +24 +31 +11 = 9 5.5 2252
13. Toufighi, Homayoon IRI 2170 -10 =27 +38 =20 +12 - 3 +26 +19 = 8 5.5 2375
14. Rafiei, A IRI 2174 +19 = 5 +11 - 2 +10 = 4 - 7 - 9 +26 5.0 2346
15. Momeni, E IRI 2198 - 1 - 4 +29 +24 +31 +27 = 3 = 8 -10 5.0 2300
16. Darini, Pouria IRI 2110 - 8 -37 +33 +32 =30 +20 =19 +17 - 3 5.0 2283
17. Asgari, Morteza IRI 2182 +27 -10 +20 +12 +26 - 2 - 4 -16 =19 4.5 2304
18. Golizadeh, Asghar IRI 2145 +37 =11 + 5 -19 - 4 -23 =24 +31 =20 4.5 2240
19. Mohandesi, Shahin m IRI 2325 -14 +32 +30 +18 - 6 = 8 =16 -13 =17 4.5 2185
20. Banirashid, Saeid IRI 2242 -24 +25 -17 =13 +34 -16 +28 =22 =18 4.5 2116
21. Ahmadinia, E IRI 2195 +12 - 3 = 4 - 5 +35 -10 +34 -26 +29 4.5 2236
22. Khademi, Mohammad Miran IRI 2092 -11 +36 +37 -26 =23 +29 -10 =20 =27 4.5 2247
23. Afshari, Mohammadreza IRI 2226 =34 +38 - 2 =31 =22 +18 - 8 +27 -11 4.5 2201
24. Ghorbani, Hadi IRI 2100 +20 - 8 -26 -15 +38 -12 =18 +33 +28 4.5 2227
25. Lamei, Hossein IRI 2091 - 9 -20 -32 -33 +36 +37 =29 +30 +31 4.5 2195
26. Ryahi, Naser IRI 2269 -28 +29 +24 +22 -17 - 5 -13 +21 -14 4.0 2131
27. Mohammadi, H.R IRI 2328 -17 =13 + 7 +35 -11 -15 +30 -23 =22 4.0 2127
28. Noroozi, Omid IRI 2157 +26 = 6 -12 - 4 - 7 +35 -20 +34 -24 3.5 2123
29. Sepehrkhoui, Ardeshir IRI 2152 - 6 -26 -15 +36 +37 -22 =25 +32 -21 3.5 2116
30. Peirovoulia, Mahmoud IRI 2184 + 4 - 1 -19 +37 =16 - 7 -27 -25 =32 3.0 2128
31. Mirzajani, Reza IRI 2102 = 7 -35 +36 =23 -15 +33 -12 -18 -25 3.0 2062
32. Asadi, Sadegh IRI 2190 - 5 -19 +25 -16 =33 -34 +35 -29 =30 3.0 2030
33. Moghaddamian, A IRI 2189 - 3 -12 -16 +25 =32 -31 +36 -24 =35 3.0 2043
34. Jooyandeh,Hassan IRI ---- =23 + 7 - 9 -11 -20 +32 -21 -28 -36 2.5 2048
35. Sheibani,S IRI ---- =38 +31 - 6 -27 -21 -28 -32 =36 =33 2.5 2040
36. Sheikhi, Mohammad IRI 2211 - 2 -22 -31 -29 -25 +38 -33 =35 +34 2.5 1977
37. Rezai, Iraj IRI 2259 -18 +16 -22 -30 -29 -25 +38 . . 2.0 1984
38. Vahidi, Mohammad IRI 2222 =35 -23 -13 - 7 -24 -36 -37 . . 0.5 1751
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The September First Saturday GM, IM and FM closed tournaments take place
3rd-13th September 2005 in Budapest.
Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu
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FSGM September Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 ix 2005 cat. VI (2397)
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1. Fogarasi, Tibor g HUN 2490 * . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.0
2. Le Quang Liem f VIE 2326 . * . . . . . . 1 . . . 1.0
3. Paschall, William M m USA 2399 . . * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
4. Szabo, Krisztian m HUN 2422 . . . * . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
5. Czebe, Attila g HUN 2494 . . . . * = . . . . . . 0.5 2415
6. Pilgaard, Kim m DEN 2415 . . . . = * . . . . . . 0.5 2494
7. Reiss, Tibor m HUN 2397 . . . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2331
8. Prohaszka, Peter2 HUN 2331 . . . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2397
9. Bergez, Luc m FRA 2353 . 0 . . . . . . * . . . 0.0
10. Pitl, Gregory f GER 2332 . . . 0 . . . . . * . . 0.0
11. Sakelsek, Tadej m SLO 2390 . . 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
12. Collins, Sam E IRL m IRL 2413 0 . . . . . . . . . . * 0.0
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FSIMA September Budapest HUN (HUN), 3-13 ix 2005 cat. II (2293)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1. Gerard, Nicolas f FRA 2295 * . . . . . . 1 . . 1.0
2. Hoang Thi Bao Tram wm VIE 2267 . * . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
3. Petran, Pal m HUN 2416 . . * . . . 1 . . . 1.0
4. Woodward, Timothy DM f ENG 2313 . . . * . . . . . 1 1.0
5. Bernard, Jacques FRA 2252 . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2451
6. Jakab, Attila m HUN 2451 . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2252
7. Harila, Per SWE 2144 . . 0 . . . * . . . 0.0
8. Mihok, Oliver HUN 2157 0 . . . . . . * . . 0.0
9. Werner, Dimo m GER 2369 . 0 . . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Fodor, Tamas jr f HUN 2262 . . . 0 . . . . . * 0.0
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1. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2284 * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2. Vasilkova, Svetlana wm RUS 2308 . * . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2250 . . * = . . . . . . 0.5 2185
4. Bulthaupt, Freerk GER 2185 . . = * . . . . . . 0.5 2250
5. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2307 . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2284
6. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2284 . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2307
7. Hardarson, Robert f ISL 2361 . . . . . . * ? . . 0.0
8. Stupavski, Zdenko f SCG 2337 . . . . . . ? * . . 0.0
9. Mihok, Laszlo f HUN 2201 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
10. Pirisi, Gabor m HUN 2294 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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FIDE Master John Cox achieved the final norm he needs to be ratified as
an International Chess Master making 7/9 at the Coulsdon "Premiership"
International 29th August - 2nd September 2005. The tournament is the first of
what we hope will be many international events staged at Coulsdon and provided
Coulsdon's Marcus Osborne with his free shot at a norm chance following his
success in the 2004-5 Winter Club FIDE Rated Premiership. News: Scott Freeman.
PGN Keith Selby.
Further details:
http://www.ccfworld.com/Chess/Results/2005-09-02_International.htm
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Premiership International Coulsdon ENG (ENG), 29 viii-2 ix 2005cat. IV (2332)
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1. Cox, John J f ENG 2385 * = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 1 7.0 2545
2. Grunberg, Mihai-Lucian m ROM 2418 = * 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 0 6.0 2447
3. Buckley, Graeme m ENG 2391 0 1 * = 1 = 1 0 1 1 6.0 2450
4. Szuhanek, Ranko m ROM 2444 = = = * = = = 1 = 1 5.5 2399
5. Sowray, Peter J f ENG 2364 = 0 0 = * = = 1 1 1 5.0 2371
6. Snape, Ian ENG 2267 0 0 = = = * = = 1 1 4.5 2339
7. Deutsch, Eyal f ISR 2374 = 0 0 = = = * 1 = = 4.0 2284
8. Osborne, Marcus E ENG 2202 0 0 1 0 0 = 0 * = 1 3.0 2221
9. Bigg, Andrew J ENG 2277 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 2.5 2171
10. Tavoularis, Nicholas GRE 2196 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 1.5 2073
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The 4th Lahijan Open took place 27th August - 2nd September 2005. Gadir
Guseinov won the event and there was a GM norm for Nijat Mamedov, and IM norms
for Nasri & Melkomian. Competitors from 5 countries took which was held in
Azad University Hall in Lahjan city. The event was held under the name of
Koloocheh Noosheen and featured 5GMs, 13 IMs, 5 FMs and 1 WIM, 83 rated players
and 238 players in total. The players represented Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia,
Turkmenistan and France. News: Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.
Further details: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
and
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.asp?tnr=2584&lan=1
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4th Open Lahijan IRI (IRI), 24 viii-3 ix 2005
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1. Galstian, Beniamin m ARM 2460 9.0 808.0 2537
2. Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2585 9.0 789.5 2603
3. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2603 8.5 805.0 2485
4. Ibrahimov, Rasul m AZE 2525 8.5 796.5 2431
5. Babaev, Rashad m AZE 2449 8.5 795.5 2409
6. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2521 8.5 793.5 2486
7. Mahjoob, Morteza m IRI 2442 8.5 755.5 2407
8. Pashikian, Arman m ARM 2442 8.5 755.0 2447
9. Mamedov, Nidjat m AZE 2463 8.5 754.5 2593
10. Melkumyan, Hrant ARM 2335 8.0 800.0 2395
11. Nasri, Amin IRI 2212 8.0 786.5 2432
12. Moosavian, S.Hamed IRI 2239 8.0 766.5 2254
13. Abbasov, Farid m AZE 2451 8.0 754.0 2447
14. Abedi, Ali IRI 2221 8.0 753.0 2229
15. Guseinov, Elmir AZE 2373 8.0 751.0 2378
16. Pourkashiyan, Atousa wm IRI 2261 8.0 736.0 2262
17. Abdullaev, Makhish AZE 2255 7.5 763.0 2180
18. Ardeshi, Mehrdad f IRI 2265 7.5 762.0 2254
19. Soozankar, A.M IRI 2251 7.5 744.5 2064
20. Khaghani, Babak IRI 2243 7.5 740.0 2052
21. Darban, Morteza f IRI 2397 7.5 730.5 2189
22. Guliev, Logman m AZE 2401 7.5 704.0 2362
23. Siadat,Naser IRI ---- 7.5 693.5 2245
24. Khajavi, Armin IRI ---- 7.5 668.5 2049
25. Nazari, Sattar IRI 2164 7.5 660.5 1986
26. Petrosian, Davit G m ARM 2363 7.0 779.5 2278
238 players
The United States Chess League sees 8 of the strongest cities in the US
compete with each other in front of a live Internet audience on ICC.
Official site: http://www.uschessleague.com/
Week 1 31st August 2005
Boston Blitz 2
New York Knights - 2
Miami Sharks 2.5
Baltimore Kingfishers - 1.5
Philadelphia Masterminds 2.5
Dallas Destiny - 1.5
Carolina Cobras - 2
San Francisco Mechanics - 2
Week 2 6th September 2005
Philadelphia vs Boston
Baltimore vs New York
Miami vs Carolina
San Francisco vs Dallas
The Vladimir Open took place 17th-25th August 2005. Denis Khismatullin
won the event. Couldn't find any games.
Further details in Russian: http://www.vladchess.ru
1. 2 Khismatullin, Denis g RUS 2583 8.5 61.0 51.25 46.5 2751 +1.80
2. 22 Tunik, Gennady g RUS 2446 7.0 61.5 41.50 44.0 2593 +2.00
4 Zontakh, Andrey g UKR 2535 7.0 61.5 42.25 40.0 2599 +0.80
9 Frolyanov, Dmitry m RUS 2512 7.0 60.5 39.25 41.5 2618 +1.40
3 Kornev, Alexei g RUS 2560 7.0 58.5 38.50 40.0 2585 +0.30
6. 31 Yudin, Sergei f RUS 2417 6.5 60.5 36.75 41.5 2582 +2.30
13 Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav g RUS 2501 6.5 60.0 37.50 39.0 2537 +0.50
19 Gavrilov, Alexei m RUS 2464 6.5 58.0 35.50 37.0 2534 +0.90
25 Skatchkov, Pavel m RUS 2443 6.5 57.0 35.75 36.0 2534 +1.20
6 Shaposhnikov, Evgeny g RUS 2533 6.5 57.0 37.75 35.5 2504 -0.40
16 Chuprov, Dmitry m RUS 2477 6.5 56.0 33.25 38.0 2539 +0.80
5 Novikov, Stanislav g RUS 2534 6.5 55.5 35.25 34.5 2514 -0.30
7 Iljushin, Alexei g RUS 2531 6.5 54.5 33.75 34.5 2524 -0.10
39 Akimov, Ivan f RUS 2390 6.5 53.0 28.25 33.0 2522 +1.63
12 Tihonov, Jurij m BLR 2503 6.5 52.0 33.00 36.0 2509 +0.10
86 players
The 14th Kavala Open Tournament took place in the Foyer of Kavala
Prefecture Amphitheatre 12th-19th August 2005. Suat Atalik took first place on
tie-break ahead of Eduardas Rozentalis and Spyridon Skembris.
Official site: http://www.chesskavala.gr
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Rnk SNo. Name FED Rtg Pts Fide BH
1 4 Atalik Suat g BIH 2561 7½ 42 56½
2 2 Rozentalis Eduardas g LTU 2567 7½ 40 55
3 20 Skembris Spyridon g GRE 2436 7½ 38½ 54½
4 6 Halkias Stelios g GRE 2548 7 39½ 58½
5 14 Marjanovic Slavoljub g SCG 2484 7 39½ 58
6 7 Vajda Levente g ROM 2541 7 38½ 56
7 5 Banikas Hristos g GRE 2548 7 38 54½
8 16 Aroshidze Levan m GEO 2463 7 38 57
9 21 Sitnikov Anton f UKR 2429 7 37½ 54½
10 13 Mastrovasilis Athanasios g GRE 2495 7 37½ 53
11 28 Kozhuharov Spas BUL 2391 7 37 53
12 23 Drenchev Petar BUL 2412 7 36½ 49
13 9 Nikolaidis Ioannis g GRE 2522 7 36½ 50
14 1 Kotronias Vasilios g GRE 2587 7 36 52
15 11 Antic Dejan g SCG 2512 7 35½ 50
16 41 Ramiro Ovejero Juan Luis ESP 2298 7 32½ 45½
17 35 Mastrokoukos Georgios m GRE 2345 7 32 45
18 10 Svetushkin Dmitry g MDA 2514 6½ 37½ 54
19 3 Mastrovasilis Dimitrios g GRE 2563 6½ 36½ 53
20 8 Dzhumaev Marat g UZB 2531 6½ 35½ 53
21 19 Managadze Nikoloz m GEO 2440 6½ 35 51½
22 42 Botsari Anna-Maria wg GRE 2297 6½ 33 47½
23 24 Velickovic Sasa m SCG 2408 6½ 32½ 48½
24 29 Karayannis Athanasios m GRE 2387 6 36 52
25 26 Grigorov Grigor BUL 2400 6 35½ 54½
26 12 Kallio Heikki g FIN 2507 6 35½ 52½
27 15 Mateuta Gabriel m ROM 2465 6 35½ 50½
28 27 Stamenkov Vanco m MKD 2391 6 35 49½
29 22 Marholev Dimitar m BUL 2423 6 34 52
30 18 Berescu Alin m ROM 2445 6 34 50
31 36 Palekha Alexey m UKR 2345 6 34 51½
32 57 Simeonidis Ioannis GRE 2246 6 33½ 49½
33 30 Kiss Pal m HUN 2386 6 33½ 53
34 38 Hadzimanolis Antonios f GRE 2317 6 33 48½
35 17 Stanojoski Zvonko g MKD 2458 6 33 48
36 55 Logothetis Sotirios GRE 2247 6 33 50½
37 31 Shavtvaladze Nikoloz m GEO 2371 6 32½ 52½
38 73 Himaras Stefanos GRE 2155 6 32 50½
39 46 Fakhiridou Ekaterini wm GRE 2272 6 32 49½
40 50 Karlovich Anastazia wg UKR 2258 6 32 47½
41 59 Burtasova Anna wm RUS 2239 6 32 49
42 67 Stiri Alexandra GRE 2201 6 31½ 45½
43 33 Kotrotsos Vasilios f GRE 2356 6 31 49
44 39 Tsilidis Alexandros GRE 2314 6 30½ 45½
45 82 Panagiotopolous Alexandros GRE 2137 6 30 46
46 86 Stoumbos Konstantinos GRE 2114 6 30 42½
47 53 Tsekouras Theodoros GRE 2256 6 30 43
48 60 Papadopoulos I GRE 2233 6 30 46½
49 85 Pavlidis Anastasios GRE 2127 6 29 44½
50 63 Tassopoulos Marios GRE 2220 6 29 45
51 49 Aftsoglou Ioannis GRE 2261 6 29 45
52 58 Makka Ioulia wm GRE 2243 6 28½ 41½
53 87 Kokolias Konstantinos GRE 2106 6 27 44½
54 96 Kakkanas Evangelos GRE 2085 6 26 41½
The XXII Abierto Internacional de Collado Villalba 20th-28th August
2005. I'll wait to round the games up for all rounds when they become
available.
Official site: http://www.ajedrezcolladovillalba.com/
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1 Timoshenko, Georgy (1) 7.5 39.0 50.5 55.0
2 Neelotpal, Das (5) 7.0 38.5 49.5 54.0
3 Vázquez Igarza, Renier (4) 7.0 38.0 48.0 53.0
4 Moreno Ruiz, Javier (3) 7.0 37.0 48.5 51.5
5 Suba, Mihai (2) 7.0 34.5 46.5 50.5
6 Rivas Pastor, Manuel (7) 6.5 37.0 48.5 53.0
7 Martín Rueda, Daniel (23) 6.5 34.5 46.0 49.5
8 González Menéndez, Iván (13) 6.5 34.0 43.0 46.0
9 Elissalt Cárdenas, Héctor (20) 6.5 33.0 47.5 50.5
10 Minzer, Claudio Javier (10) 6.5 33.0 45.5 49.5
11 Zambrana, Osvaldo (11) 6.5 32.5 42.0 45.0
12 Saldaño Dayer, Horacio (6) 6.5 29.0 38.5 42.0
13 Moreno Carrascosa, Bartolomé (28) 6.5 28.0 36.0 39.5
14 Mateo, Ramón (9) 6.0 35.5 49.0 52.5
15 Caruana, Fabiano (14) 6.0 35.5 47.5 50.0
16 Pogorelov, Ruslan (8) 6.0 32.0 44.5 48.5
17 Bruned, Yvain (17) 6.0 32.0 46.0 49.0
18 Alonso Fernández, Marcos (31) 6.0 32.0 43.5 46.0
19 Andrés González, Iván (21) 6.0 31.5 42.5 46.0
20 Kalashnikov Shamshorin, Alexei (30) 6.0 29.5 41.0 44.5
21 García Paolicchi, Raúl (25) 6.0 29.0 39.5 43.0
22 Pérez González, José Manuel (24) 5.5 32.0 44.5 47.5
23 Cruz Condori, Alfredo (22) 5.5 31.0 42.5 45.5
24 Bruned, Boris (32) 5.5 30.5 40.5 43.0
25 Pastor Alonso de Prado, Alberto (34) 5.5 30.5 41.5 45.0
26 Longa Yauca, Javier (18) 5.5 30.0 44.5 49.0
27 de la Fuente González, Francisco (36) 5.5 29.5 39.5 43.0
28 Guerrero Villanueva, David (102) 5.5 29.0 42.5 47.0
29 Semprún Martínez, Fernando (35) 5.5 28.0 40.5 44.0
30 Ruiz Sáiz, Agustín (26) 5.5 27.5 41.0 44.5
31 Rodríguez Cordón, Luis José (27) 5.5 27.5 36.5 39.0
32 San Juan Rodríguez, Miguel (44) 5.5 26.5 38.5 42.5
33 Salgado López, Óscar (39) 5.5 26.0 38.0 41.5
34 Rubio Mejía, Luis Ignacio (80) 5.5 25.5 40.0 43.5
35 Paradinas Sáenz de Viteri, Juan (111) 5.5 23.0 36.5 39.5
130 players
The 25th International Chess Festival "Conca della Presolana" took
place in Bratto (Italy), 20-28 August 2005. Vladimir Epishin took first place
on tie-break from Miso Cebalo with 7/9.
Official Internet coverage:
http://www.scaccobratto.com/2005.shtml
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1. Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2600 7.0 48.0
2. Cebalo, Miso g CRO 2511 7.0 46.5
3. Khenkin, Igor g GER 2610 6.5 49.0
4. Drasko, Milan g SCG 2516 6.5 48.5
5. Atalik, Suat g BIH 2561 6.5 47.5
6. Godena, Michele g ITA 2522 6.5 47.0
7. Iordachescu, Viorel g MDA 2606 6.5 46.5 4.5
8. Jones, Gawain C m ENG 2442 6.5 46.5 4.0
9. Palac, Mladen g CRO 2566 6.5 45.5 4.0
10. Borgo, Giulio m ITA 2380 6.5 45.5 3.5
11. Lalic, Bogdan g CRO 2491 6.5 44.0
12. Drazic, Sinisa g SCG 2497 6.5 43.5
13. Dervishi, Erald g ALB 2482 6.0 49.0
14. Maiorov, Nikita m BLR 2453 6.0 47.0
15. Groszpeter, Attila g HUN 2525 6.0 46.5
16. Bellia, Fabrizio m ITA 2375 6.0 46.0
17. Sanchez, Joseph m PHI 2452 6.0 43.5
18. Hunt, Adam m ENG 2427 6.0 43.0 4.5
19. Shytaj, Luca f ITA 2395 6.0 43.0 4.0 5
20. Vezzosi, Paolo m ITA 2380 6.0 43.0 4.0 4
21. Contin, Daniel m ITA 2393 6.0 42.5
22. Salvador, Roland f PHI 2416 6.0 41.5
23. Sedina, Elena m ITA 2402 6.0 40.5
24. Sax, Gyula g HUN 2568 6.0 38.5
25. Rendle, Thomas f ENG 2358 6.0 38.0
134 players
The final phase takes place 9th-11th September 2005 when the winners in
Merida and Division of Honor - Group II (Menorca) Teams: REVERTE ALBOX INSULAR
BOX A EBORAJEDREZ C.A. MARCOTE VALENCIA CRADLES CHESS. Games from the Merida
Phase now available.
Official site:
http://chessmagic.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/
Menorca Final Standings:
R Team 1 2 3 4 5 Pt T/B
1 C.A. Reverté Albox-Costa de Almería * 1½ 3½ 3½ 5 6
2 A.D. Eborajedrez 4½ * 3 2½ 3½ 5 13½
3 C.A. Marcote 2½ 3 * 3½ 4 5 13
4 C.A. Valencia Cuna del Ajedrez Moderno 2½ 3½ 2½ * 4½ 4
5 C.A. Caja Insular de Ahorros de Canarias 1 2½ 2 1½ * 0
The BDO Haarlem Masters and Challengers events took place 27th August -
4th September 2005. Nona Garpindashvili took clear first in the category IV
main event. Games from the final round not currently available.
Official site: http://www.hwphaarlem.org/bdo/
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BDO Masters Haarlem NED (NED), 27 viii-4 ix 2005 cat. IV (2342)
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1. Gaprindashvili, Nona g GEO 2318 * = 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2510
2. Jonkman, Harmen g NED 2454 = * 1 1 = 0 = 1 1 = 6.0 2454
3. Abeln, Michiel f NED 2355 1 0 * = 1 0 = 1 = 1 5.5 2420
4. Balint, Andras f HUN 2293 1 0 = * 0 1 1 0 = 1 5.0 2389
5. Nikolic, Nebojsa BIH m BIH 2380 0 = 0 1 * 1 = 1 = = 5.0 2380
6. Afek, Yochanan m ISR 2389 0 1 1 0 0 * 1 = = 1 5.0 2379
7. Ris, Robert NED 2337 0 = = 0 = 0 * = 1 = 3.5 2262
8. Michielsen, Joost NED 2320 0 0 0 1 0 = = * = 1 3.5 2263
9. Hartoch, Rob m NED 2272 0 0 = = = = 0 = * 0 2.5 2183
10. Strating, Sybolt f NED 2297 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 * 2.5 2180
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1. Van Ketel, Raoul NED 2271 * = 1 1 = 1 = = = 1 6.5 2352
2. Langedijk, Ardjan NED 2219 = * = = = = 1 1 1 1 6.5 2358
3. Merbis, Max NED 2136 0 = * = 1 0 1 1 = 1 5.5 2281
4. Van Nies, Pauline NED 2074 0 = = * = 1 = = 1 = 5.0 2251
5. Dek, Lennart NED 2203 = = 0 = * = = = 1 1 5.0 2236
6. In't Veld, Daan NED 2056 0 = 1 0 = * = 0 1 1 4.5 2210
7. De Roda Husman, Juan NED 2238 = 0 0 = = = * 1 1 0 4.0 2147
8. Gijswijt, Bart NED 2234 = 0 0 = = 1 0 * 0 1 3.5 2110
9. Duchene, Rene NED 2219 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 * = 2.5 2026
10. Van den Berg, Ad NED 2298 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 = * 2.0 1963
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The Nordic Championship took place in Vammala Finland August
24th-September 4th 2005. Evgeny Agrest won with 9.5/11. I'm waiting for a full
file of games.
Official site:
http://www.vammalanshakkikerho.net/pm2005/index.html
Final Standings:
1. Evgeny Agrest SWE 9,5/11
2. Tiger Hillarp Persson SWE 9
3. Nicolai V. Pedersen DAN 8
4. Tomi Nybäck FIN 7
5. Tapani Sammalvuo FIN 6,5
6. Espen Lie NOR 5
7. Robert Hardarson ISL 4,5
8. Stig Tjomsland NOR 4,5
9. Heini Olsen FAI 4
10. Bragi Thorfinnsson ISL 3,5
11. Heikki Lehtinen FIN 3
12. Hans Kristian Simonsen FAI 1,5
The V Memorial Alonso Leira took place 30th August - 3rd September 2005.
Aleksa Strikovic won the event with 6.5/9. No games available.
Official site: http://www.cfxadrez.org/
Final Standings:
1 Aleksa Strikovic 2498 GM SCG 6.5 25.5
2 Marat Dzhumaev 2531 GM UZB 6 24.5
3 David Lariño Nieto 2350 MF ESP 5.5 21.25
4 Holden Hernández 2458 MI CUB 5.5 19.25
5 Vladimir Dimitrov 2418 GM BUL 5 21
6 Marcial García Carbo 2355 MF ESP 5 20.5
7 Valentin Iotov 2447 MI BUL 4 19
8 Diego Guerra Bastida 2384 MF ESP 4 14.25
9 Manuel A. Pérez Fungueiro 2300 ESP 2 7.75
10 Pablo García Castro 2377 MF ESP 1.5 5
The 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival took place 14th to 23rd
Aug 2005. Total Prizes about 40,000 $, Ashot Anastasian took clear first place
with 7/9 ahead of Dmitry Bocharow and Sergey Kayumov. Correction to the table
and games of Sergey Volkov who I confused with another player last week.
Official site: http://www.abudhabichess.com/
Official Final Standings:
1 Anastasian Ashot g ARM 2595 7.0 49.0
2 Bocharov Dmitry g RUS 2574 6.5 46.5
3 Kayumov Sergey m UZB 2405 6.5 43.5
4 Kobalia Mikhail g RUS 2614 6.0 52.0
Goloshchapov Alexander g UKR 2519 6.0 52.0
6 Aleksandrov Aleksej g BLR 2630 6.0 51.0
7 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar g AZE 2646 6.0 50.5
8 Fedorov Alexei g BLR 2611 6.0 49.0
9 Potkin Vladimir g RUS 2534 6.0 46.5
10 Kotsur Pavel g KAZ 2595 6.0 45.5
11 Ibrahimov Rasul m AZE 2525 6.0 43.0
Rausis Igors g BAN 2498 6.0 43.0
13 Ganguly Surya Shekhar g IND 2596 6.0 42.5
Crosstable
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Masters Abu Dhabi UA (UAE), 14-23 viii 2005
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1. Anastasian, Ashot g ARM 2595 +41 +39 = 8 +19 +18 = 4 = 6 + 5 = 7 7.0 2770
2. Bocharov, Dmitry g RUS 2574 +51 +55 =16 + 8 = 4 = 9 - 5 +35 + 6 6.5 2685
3. Kayumov, Sergey m UZB 2405 +67 =17 =26 +32 -14 =11 +39 +19 +15 6.5 2653
4. Kobalia, Mikhail g RUS 2614 +36 +12 =24 +14 = 2 = 1 = 9 =15 = 8 6.0 2648
5. Aleksandrov, Aleksej g BLR 2630 +21 +32 -14 +24 =15 +10 + 2 - 1 = 9 6.0 2636
6. Goloshchapov, Alexander g UKR 2519 +50 =16 = 7 +11 +13 +14 = 1 = 8 - 2 6.0 2680
7. Fedorov, Alexei g BLR 2611 =29 +38 = 6 =22 +24 +25 = 8 = 9 = 1 6.0 2577
8. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2646 +59 + 9 = 1 - 2 +33 +17 = 7 = 6 = 4 6.0 2665
9. Potkin, Vladimir g RUS 2534 +46 - 8 +51 +55 +16 = 2 = 4 = 7 = 5 6.0 2643
10. Rausis, Igors g BAN 2498 +60 =18 =15 =27 +38 - 5 =20 +31 +23 6.0 2582
11. Kotsur, Pavel g KAZ 2595 =65 =29 +20 - 6 +41 = 3 =30 +44 +25 6.0 2451
12. Ibrahimov, Rasul m AZE 2525 +58 - 4 +53 =18 =34 +16 =19 =23 +30 6.0 2608
13. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar g IND 2596 +62 =33 +30 =23 - 6 -22 +34 +37 +26 6.0 2588
14. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2548 +25 +34 + 5 - 4 + 3 - 6 =23 =20 =18 5.5 2562
15. Iuldachev, Saidali g UZB 2541 +44 =35 =10 +28 = 5 =23 +22 = 4 - 3 5.5 2553
16. Volkov, Sergey g RUS 2622 +20 = 6 = 2 +37 - 9 -12 =24 +38 +35 5.5 2534
17. Grigoriants, Sergey g RUS 2562 +53 = 3 =22 =34 +21 - 8 =31 +33 =20 5.5 2488
18. Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan g IRI 2603 +45 =10 +28 =12 - 1 +55 =35 =25 =14 5.5 2529
19. Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2585 +40 =30 +33 - 1 =22 +34 =12 - 3 +29 5.5 2516
20. Prasad, Devaki V m IND 2359 -16 +50 -11 +44 +49 +26 =10 =14 =17 5.5 2513
21. Karavade, Eesha wm IND 2370 - 5 +48 =49 +42 -17 -39 +43 +53 +32 5.5 2417
22. Sale, Srdjan m CRO 2437 =61 +52 =17 = 7 =19 +13 -15 -26 +44 5.0 2459
23. Gleizerov, Evgeny g RUS 2572 =65 +43 +35 =13 =25 =15 =14 =12 -10 5.0 2427
24. Annaberdiev, Meilis m TKM 2409 +49 +27 = 4 - 5 - 7 =32 =16 =36 +47 5.0 2507
25. Mamedjarova, Zeinab wg AZE 2262 -14 +64 +39 +26 =23 - 7 +27 =18 -11 5.0 2538
26. Ulibin, Mikhail g RUS 2529 =65 +42 = 3 -25 +29 -20 +40 +22 -13 5.0 2360
27. Kurnosov, Igor g RUS 2549 +57 -24 +36 =10 =31 -35 -25 +48 +41 5.0 2380
28. Djuric, Stefan g SCG 2463 =42 +31 -18 -15 +60 =50 -44 +46 +40 5.0 2359
29. Safarli, Eltaj f AZE 2335 = 7 =11 =32 =49 -26 +51 =36 +39 -19 4.5 2443
30. Al Sayed, Mohamad N m QAT 2478 +56 =19 -13 -31 +58 +38 =11 =32 -12 4.5 2432
31. Salem, Ghuloom f UAE 2318 =65 -28 +61 +30 =27 =33 =17 -10 =37 4.5 2396
32. Dobrov, Vladimir g RUS 2535 +48 - 5 =29 - 3 +57 =24 +42 =30 -21 4.5 2367
33. Moradiabadi, Elshan g IRI 2485 +63 =13 -19 +45 - 8 =31 +50 -17 =36 4.5 2420
34. Negi, Parimarjan IND 2376 +64 -14 +43 =17 =12 -19 -13 =50 +53 4.5 2380
35. Gupta, Abhijeet f IND 2380 +66 =15 -23 =40 +53 +27 =18 - 2 -16 4.5 2453
36. Sachdev, Tania wm IND 2343 - 4 +58 -27 =48 +63 =37 =29 =24 =33 4.5 2390
37. Raetsky, Alexander m RUS 2453 -43 +61 +44 -16 =50 =36 +55 -13 =31 4.5 2330
38. Himdan, Maher m EGY 2337 =52 - 7 +63 +56 -10 -30 +59 -16 +50 4.5 2349
39. Simonenko, Sergei m TKM 2431 +47 - 1 -25 =57 +48 +21 - 3 -29 =45 4.0 2290
40. Akshat, Khamparia IND 2296 -19 =56 +52 =35 -55 +49 -26 +42 -28 4.0 2268
41. Jasim, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2318 - 1 =47 =60 +46 -11 -44 +52 +49 -27 4.0 2257
42. Toufighi, Homayoon IRI 2170 =28 -26 +59 -21 =51 +45 -32 -40 +62 4.0 2346
43. Ghader Pour, Shayesteh wm IRI 2109 +37 -23 -34 -53 =46 +58 -21 =56 +59 4.0 2297
44. Pourkashiyan, Atousa wm IRI 2261 -15 +66 -37 -20 +54 +41 +28 -11 -22 4.0 2322
45. Muralidharan, M.B IND 2329 -18 =60 +47 -33 =56 -42 =46 +63 =39 4.0 2257
46. Illijin, Neboisa m ROM 2242 - 9 +59 -55 -41 =43 +61 =45 -28 +57 4.0 2280
47. Nadig, Kruttika IND 2198 -39 =41 -45 =52 -59 +64 +61 +55 -24 4.0 2221
48. Al-Tamimi, Hamad QAT 2244 -32 -21 +67 =36 -39 =63 +56 -27 +55 4.0 2302
49. Al-Sulaiti, Ghanem f QAT 2076 -24 +57 =21 =29 -20 -40 +60 -41 =51 3.5 2236
50. Mamedjarova, Turkan wm AZE 2208 - 6 -20 +66 +62 =37 =28 -33 =34 -38 3.5 2293
51. Aryanejad, Hossein f IRI 2288 - 2 +54 - 9 =60 =42 -29 =63 =59 =49 3.5 2203
52. Marwan, Abdulwahab UAE 1983 =38 -22 -40 =47 =64 =60 -41 =58 +63 3.5 2167
53. Amanov, Mesgen TKM 2277 -17 +67 -12 +43 -35 =59 +57 -21 -34 3.5 2255
54. Ibrahim, Ismail UAE UAE 2082 -55 -51 -57 +67 -44 -66 =58 +60 +64 3.5 2120
55. Mahjoob, Morteza m IRI 2442 +54 - 2 +46 - 9 +40 -18 -37 -47 -48 3.0 2233
56. Faisal, Abdulla UAE 2175 -30 =40 +62 -38 =45 -57 -48 =43 =58 3.0 2164
57. Paridar, Shadi wg IRI 2263 -27 -49 +54 =39 -32 +56 -53 =62 -46 3.0 2174
58. Amer, Mohamed EGY 2223 -12 -36 =64 +61 -30 -43 =54 =52 =56 3.0 2074
59. Boricsev, Oleg m HUN 2373 - 8 -46 -42 +66 +47 =53 -38 =51 -43 3.0 2131
60. Coleman, James ENG 2206 -10 =45 =41 =51 -28 =52 -49 -54 +67 3.0 2108
61. Ahmed, Ishaq f UAE 2079 =22 -37 -31 -58 +62 -46 -47 =67 +66 3.0 2130
62. Bogza, Adina-Maria wg ROM 2325 -13 =63 -56 -50 -61 +67 +66 =57 -42 3.0 2074
63. Momeni, E IRI 2198 -33 =62 -38 +64 -36 =48 =51 -45 -52 2.5 2095
64. Mansour, Abbas UAE 2018 -34 -25 =58 -63 =52 -47 =67 +66 -54 2.5 1992
65. BYE DRAW ---- =11 . . . . . . . . 2.0 2503
66. Salem, A.R. Saleh f UAE 2044 -35 -44 -50 -59 =67 +54 -62 -64 -61 1.5 1925
67. Khouri, Ibrahim Mohamed f UAE 2062 - 3 -53 -48 -54 =66 -62 =64 =61 -60 1.5 1913
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European Club Cup
The European Club Cup takes place September 18th-24th 2005 in the
little mountain town of Saint-Vincent (Aosta Valley, very famous due to the
Casinò). The teams are expected to arrive on Saturday 17th.
About 50 teams are announced in the men's group and 16-18 in the women
group. The NAO team features: Vladimir Kramnik, Etienne Bacrot, Alexander
Grischuk, Teimour Radjabov, joel Lautier, Paco Vallejo, Sergey Karjakin,
Laurent Fressinet
Other teams: Ivanchuk, Aronian, Gelfand, Morozevich (also if he is
announced to play in the Argentinian World Championship starting on Sept 27),
Shirov, Ponomariov, Bologan, Dreev, Sutovsky, Volkov, Krasenkov, Mamedjarov.
Women: Stefanova, Lahno, Cramling, Zhukova, Peptan, Kosintseva.
Italy will be represented by the towm of Penne (winner of the Italian
team Championship 2005): gm Godena, gm Braga, IM Arlandi, IM Bruno and three
boys "under 17", Sabino Brunello, Daniele Vocaturo, Denis Rombaldoni.
Official site: http://www.scacchivda.com/
Kramnik Internet Simul
Venue: Vladimir will play from the NAO Chess Club, Paris (France) Date:
Thursday, September 15th 2005 at 18:00 h. (+1 GMT) Opponents: 8 players. Open
to all observers. Time control: 60/30 (Kramnik) , 20/30 (opponents). On the
Chess21 server.
Official site: http://www.chess21.com
49th Spanish Teams
The final phase takes place 9th-11th September 2005 when the winners in
Merida and Division of Honor - Group II (Menorca) Teams: REVERTE ALBOX INSULAR
BOX A EBORAJEDREZ C.A. MARCOTE VALENCIA CRADLES CHESS.
Official site:
http://chessmagic.juntaextremadura.net/modules/news/
13th Albacete Open
The 13th Albacete Open takes place 1st-7th September 2005.
Official site:
http://www.ajedrezenmadrid.com/torneos/torneo.asp?torneo=05090100
Brno Fair Trade Chess Festival
The Fair Trade Chess Festival 2005 in Brno has 2 closed GM groups, 1
closed IM group, open A (FIDE), open B (national) 28th August - 7th September
2005. Contact: IM Petr Pisk -GM and IM groups (petr.pisk@centrum.cz) or go to
the website below.
Further details: http://volny.cz/skduras
10th Cesenatico International
The 10th Cesenatico International Chess Tournament takes place 3rd-11th
September 2005.
Further info: http://www.antiquascom.it
Seagaard ChessReviews
Soren Sogaard announces that his site Seagaard ChessReviews will no
longer be updated.
His letter: Dear reader! This is the last "newsletter" you receive from
Seagaard ChessReviews. I have run the site for 5½ years, but now I no
longer have the time to keep running the site. I have looked for sponsors for
some time now, but I didn't succeed. Without these sponsors it is not easy to
run the site. It was a hard decision, but the site, products and reviews will
still be there for you - I just stop reviewing the products that I receive. If
I receive products in the future, I will still store them in the database.
However, I will writ eto the publishers that the site is closing so don't count
on a lot of new products ;-) Thanks to all the people who supported me during
the years. I am happy that more than 320 people now subscribes to the
newsletter and that we have + 70.000 hits every week. All the best Soren
Sogaard - Seagaard ChessReviews
Website: http://seagaard.dk/review
Scanno Italy
SCANNO (ITALY) GM-IM closed tournaments, 7th-13th of November, Scanno,
50 km West from Pescara, info: IO Nagy Laszlo - e-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net
Highlands Open Czech Republic
2nd International Chess Festival Open Highlands will take place on 24th
September - 2nd October 2005 in the Havlickuv Brod town (the Czech Republic)
which part is open FIDE with the possibility to participate for all applicants.
The festival is part of the 5th CZECH TOUR 2005/2006 Series.
More detailed information should be found at the address
http://www.czechtour.net.
Caissa Events September - October
The Caissa tournaments take place in Kecskemét (HUN) 17th-26th
September 2005 and 15th-24th October 2005... IM round robin and/or FM tmt, more
info http://www.caissachessbooks.com.
Contact Dr. Tamas Erdelyi caissa@axelero.hu.
Bratto della Presolana
Bratto della Presolana is a small mountain town 40 km from Bergamo,
Italy. 15 GMs in the Master Group. There will be also Italian Female
Championship and Italian Under 20 Championship.
Games, news, and Bulletin: http://www.scaccobratto.com/
Liepajas rokade
Liepajas rokade, the biggest chess festival in the Baltics took place
from 11th to 14th of August 2005 in Liepaja Latvia. Loek van Wely won the main
all-play-all rapid event. I will hopefully be able to round up the games at
some point.
English http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19684
and Latvian http://www.liepajniekiem.lv/?doc=19681
3rd Abe Yanofsky Memorial
The 3rd Abe Yanofsky Memorial takes place 3rd-5th September 2005. The
event takes place in Winnipeg Canada. The tournament is a six-round open Swiss,
FIDE-rated, over the Labour Day weekend. Entry fee by July 15th 2005: $80 Cdn.
Russian GM Sergey Shipov and Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein have confirmed
their participation in the Abe Yanofsky Memorial.
This year's tournament will have 50 per cent more in prizes than 2004,
with $6,000 guaranteed, including class prizes.
Further details: http://www.chessmanitoba.com
4th Galway Chess Congress
The 4th Galway Chess Congress takes place October 7th-9th 2005 at the 4
star Corrib Great Southern hotel in Galway (Ireland). The prize fund is 10,000
Euros or approx £6,800. There will be 4 tournaments for different rating
sections with a 2000 Euro (£1300) first prize in the top section and
significant prizes for the other sections including generous grading prizes.
There are now direct flights to Galway from London, Manchester and Edinburgh so
we're hoping to perhaps have some visitors from the UK.
Further details: http://www.galwaychess.com
Moscow Open 2006
The International Chess Festival "Moscow Open 2006" takes place in
Moscow, Russia, 29.01 (31.01, 01.02) - 06.02. 2006. A stage of the Moscow Grand
Prix 2006 (http://www.chessmoscow.ru),
Russia Cup 2006 (http://www.russiachess.ru) and the ACP
Tour 2005-2006 (http://www.chess-players.org)
Contacts: e-mail: mcf06@bk.ru Mr. Igor Glek (IGM, ACP Board Member):
igorglek@hotmail.com, phone/fax: +49-2013162843, +7-0953883328. Mr. Alexander
Zlochevsky (IGM, Coach of the Moscow Chess Team): zloch@rambler.ru, phone/fax:
+7-095-3650757
Further details: http://www.chessmoscow.ru
European Team Championship
In addition to Olympiad history there is now European Team Championship
history (1957-2005) available at: http://www.olimpbase.org
Odessa Open - Geller Memorial
Odessa Open - Geller Memorial Two open tournaments will take place in
Odessa, Ukraine from 15 - 24 September 2005. The prize fund of A-Open will be
3475 USD (1st prize 1000 USD). The prize fund of B-Open will will be 525 USD.
Details in Russian are available at:
http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua Contact
with organisers: lvv@sky.od.ua, nik@sadt.od.ua
Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship
Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship, 2005-2006 The
starter round of this competition has now finished and the solution to the
starter problem, and other details, is available at the website:
http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0506/bcsc.html
FIDE World Championship
The FIDE Championship takes place September 27th - October 16th 2005 at
Potrero de los Funes, San Luis (Argentina). Players: Rustam Kasimdzhanov,
Michael Adams, Peter Leko, Vishy Anand, Veselin Topalov, Alexander Morozevich,
Peter Svidler, and Judit Polgar.
Official site: http://www.wccsanluis.net/home.asp?lang=en
Coral Springs IM
Jon Haskel is running an IM Norm Round Robin in Coral Springs, Florida
on September 17, 18, 19, 24 and 25. There will be 1 round on the 19th and 2
rounds on each of the other days. The time control will be 90 minutes with a 30
second increment. He needs 3 players from foreign federations. Contact: Jon
Haskel jon@bocachess.com
Houston Open - Cajun Chess Events
A number of events are planned in the coming weeks in the Houston,
Charlotte and Orlando areas.
Charlotte Open - August 26-28:
http://www.cajunchess.com/tourns/tournament10.shtml
World Amateur Open Championship - October 7-9, 2005:
http://www.cajunchess.com/tourns/tournament13.shtml
Cajun Chess Web Site: http://www.cajunchess.com/
58th Quebec Open Championship
IM Jean Hébert was the joint winner of the 58th Quebec Open
Championship with 6.5/9, with Antoine Berube, Simon Gravel, and FM Vahagn
Voskanyan. The tournament is usually Canada's largest open event, although this
year its 195 players ranked it just behind the Canadian Open for attendance.
Hopefully I can round up all the games at some point.
Games and results: http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/
2nd Varna Chess Festival
The 2nd International Chess Festival Varna, takes place September
7th-15th 2005. Further details: Mr. Boris Hristov 5 Konstantin Fotinov St.,
Varna 9002 "Seahorse" National Children's Chess Federation Tel: +359/52/642
877; Fax: +359/52/574 940; Mobile: +359/88/6025 403 e-mail: seahorse@abv.bg
Lausanne Young Masters
The 6th Edition of the Lausanne Young Masters 2005 with 8 of the best
under-20 players in the world will be held September 14th-19th, 2005, at the
Casino de Montbenon in Lausanne Players: Pentala Harikrishna Hikaru Nakamura,
Andrei Volokitin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Nana Dzagnidze and Elisabeth Paehtz.
Alongside will be an Invitational Event "Maîtres contres Espoirs"
including Vladimir Tukmakov and Florin Gheorghiu (Romania) will play several
young Swiss talents.
Also a General Open, total prize money CHF 14'500.-, CHF 3'000.- for
the winner, will be held at the same location from September 16th-19th, 2005. 7
rounds,
Information: René Kesselring, phone ++41 21 701 38 63 and ++41
79 342 44 15 Email: rkesselring@bluewin.ch
Internet http://www.lausanneyoungmasters.com
Malaysian Chess Federation Calendar
The Malaysian Chess Federation has a calendar at:
http://tcn.sourceforge.net. The event includes: the 2nd Arthur Tan Malaysian
Open takes place 19th-26th August 2005, - Open Swiss with Prize Fund of US$
15,000 27 Aug - 1 Sep Merdeka Team Chess Championship 2005 - Team event Prize
Fund US$ 10,000 2 - 12 Sept Zone 3.3 (East Asia Zone) Championship. Contact:
Hamid Majid email: aham@pc.jaring.my
Official site: http://tcn.sourceforge.net
Senior World Championship
The Senior Chess World Championship takes place 27th September - 10th
October 2005 in the Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine, Italy, just one hour car far
away from Venice.
The tournament is open to both men and women, and is an 11 round Swiss.
Time rate: 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 15 minutes until the end of the game.
with a 30 second increment from move 1.
Official site: http://www.vacanzesport.com
Iranian Team Championship
The Iran Super League (Ligue 84) the 12 club team event started on 30th
May 2005. The Double round robin sees 6 GMs, 12 IMs and a total of 28 titled
players participate.
Official site: http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm
Peter Leko Official Site
Peter Leko now has a web site. http://www.lekochess.com/
CC-Calendar
CC-Calendar. Now 8.092 official computer chess tournaments since 1990.
726 games from older official computer chess tournaments up to 1990. Arena
Chess GUI http://www.playwitharena.com Selection:
CC-Calendar New are two computer chess tournaments. CIPS (Italy), chess program
Delfi won 5th International CSVN tournament (Netherland), chess program
Shredder won. AnMon won the 7th French programmers tourney in Massy.
Hungarian Tournaments September - December 2005
Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/,
E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other
website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat
Phone-fax: (361)-2632859, cellphone: (36)-30-230-1914 From 12:00 a.m. until
midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour
1 3rd-15th of September FS GM-IM-FM Budapest, org: NL
2. 1st-13th of October, FS GM-IM-FM, Budapest L
3. 5th-17th of November, FS GM-IM-FM Budapest
4. 3rd - 15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM.
9th Offene Internationale Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft
9th Bayerische International Chess Open, takes place in Bad Wiessee
takes place 29th October - 6th November 2005.
Further details: http://www.oibm-bad-wiessee.de/
US Championship
The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from February 22nd -
March 5th 2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade.
The tournament will feature a 64-player field, composed of 19 seeded
players (as determined by the October 2005 U.S.C.F Rating List), 43 tournament
qualifiers (two of which being online) and 2 wild cards selected by the AF4C.
The seeded players include the defending U.S. Champion, Hikaru Nakamura;
Women's Champion, Rusudan Goletiani; the 2004 Chess Café.com Grand Prix
winner, Aleks Wojtkiewicz; the 2005 U.S. Junior Champion; the 2005 U.S. Senior
Champion; 8 top-rated Overall players, and 6 top-rated female players from the
rating list. A new, innovative qualifying process will see one spot decided by
the player who - while not qualifying directly- accumulates the highest score
from playing in as many (or all!) of the qualifying tournaments. After each
tournament, the latest placing for this Qualifier Grand Prix will be posted on
the dedicated U.S. Championship website.
Details:http://www.uschesschampionship.com
Obrenovac Open
The Obrenovac Open takes place 22nd-30th November 2005. The event takes
place in Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro. 9 rounds Swiss, Prize found: 5250 EURO.
First prize: 1000 EURO Info contact: IO Nagy Laszlo, e-mail:
firstsat@hu.inter.net
Lugano International Open
The Lugano International Open takes place 18th-20th November 2005. in
the Hotel Meister, Via San Salvatore 11, 6902 Lugano-Paradiso 6 round Swiss
Schweizer System 36 moves in 90 Mins + 30 Mins for the rest of the game.
Further details: http://luganoscacchi.ch/
2nd Samba Cup
The 2nd Samba Cup will take place 14th to 23rd October 2005 in
Skanderborg, Denmark.
A-group will be at least cat. 16. B and C-group will be cats. 8/9 and
3/4 if played. All groups 10 players round-robin. Interested players for any
group are welcome to contact organiser Michael Andersson at
gm@skanderborgskakklub.dk.
Web site is under construction but will be
http://www.skanderborgskakklub.dk/gm2005
FIDE Trainers Committee
IM Jovan Petronic. Chairman, FIDE Computer & Internet Chess
Committee has written about the FIDE Trainers Committee. Link to his article
below. In 1998 FIDE formed a powerful Committee comprising of leading chess
trainers around the chess globe. Accordingly, it was named the FIDE Trainers
Committee, and below, I will try to summarize the immense useful information
for the readers, current major chess training activities and appeals of the
Committee, etc. The number of certified FIDE Trainers has grown and they are
now (in alphabetical order) - none other than: Alburt Lev (USA), Asanov Bolat
(Kazahstan), Azmaiparashvili Zurab (Georgia), Boensch Uwe (Germany), Beliavsky
Alexandr (Slovenia), Chernin Alexandr (Hungary), Dorfman Iossif (France),
Dvoretsky Mark (Russia), Gelfer Israel (Israel), Georgadze Tamaz (Georgia),
Gulko Boris (USA), Illescas Miguel (Spain), Kuzmin Alexey (Katar), Khodarkovsky
Michael (USA), Leong Ignatius (Singapore), Mikhalcishin Adrian (Slovenia),
Marjanovic Slavoljub (Serbia & Montenegro), Mohr Georg (Slovenia), Nikitin
Alexandr (Russia), Petrosjan Arshak (Armenia), Polgar Zsuzsa (USA), Postovsky
Boris (USA), Psakhis Lev (Israel), Razuvaev Yuri (Russia), Seirawan Yasser
(USA), Sosonko Genna (Netherlands), Schmidt Wlodzimerz (Poland), Tukmakov
Vladimir (Ukraine), Ubilava Elizbar (Georgia), Vladimirov Evgeny (Kazahstan),
Zapata Alonso (Columbia) and Xie Yun (China).
Read the article:
http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee.htm
and an update:
http://www.jovanpetronic.com/fidetrainerscommittee2.htm
Instructional Tactics
There is an instructional tactical site at:
http://www.chesstactics.org compiled
by Ward Farnsworth.
Queenstown Chess Classic 2006
The Queenstown Chess Classic 2006 takes place on the South Island of
New Zealand January 15th-24th 2006 followed by the NZ Rapid and Blitz
Championship on Jan 25th & 26th. This event is being sponsored by NZ GM
Murray Chandler and promises to be NZ's largest ever Open International event.
The total prize fund is in excess of NZD $35,000. It is endorsed by the NZ
Chess Federation and will incorporate the NZ Championship. Entries so far
include GM's Chandler, Rogers and Hecht.
Further information: http://www.queenstownchess.com
Kasparov on his retirement
Kasparov's website: http://www.chesschamps.com gives a diary
entry on the reasons for his retirement:
http://www.chesschamps.com/diary07.html
Correspondence Chess - Romanian Chess Federation - 80 Years
Therer will be a CC tournament "Romanian Chess Federation - 80 Years"?
which will be one of the strongest CC events of the year 2005 with 4 ICCF-GMs
and 4 ICCF-SIMs among the 13 participants.
Every 2-3 months there will be reports on the tournament wrote by GM
Dorian Rogozenko, IM Mihai Ghinda, IM Mircea Pavlov, IM Constantin Lupulescu
and FM Marius Ceteras including comments around the games in progress (this is
something new in CC).
A promo pdf booklet of the event is available in Romanian chess pages
www.romanianchess.org , in the section dedicated to this event
http://www.romanianchess.org/rcf80
The booklet contains the introduction of the players, their best games and a
short history of the Romanian correspondence chess. Short link for download the
promo booklet (archived pdf file)
http://www.romanianchess.org/rcf80/rcf80.zip
The tournament will be played at ICCF webserver (
http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=278
) .
II Calvia Chess Festival
The 2nd Calvià Chess Festival offers a varied programme with
tournaments for different categories covering all ages. Takes place October
21st-November 5th 2005.
http://www.calviafestival.com
9th Essent Chess Tournament
The 9th Essent Chess Tournament (Hoogeveen) takes place 21st-29th
October 2005.
Last year the event was covered at: http://www.essentchess.nl
Computer Chess News
There have been recent computer events. See the Computer Chess Calendar
at: http://www.playwitharena.com
Ratings Article
Jean-Claude Templeur on ratings manipulation:
http://www.chessmile.com/articles.php?id=30
Final of the WCBCSC 2004-2005
Brian Stephenson of the British Chess Problem Society reports. The
Final of the WCBCSC 2004-2005 took place at Oakham School on Saturday 19th
February. It was a resounding success for solving GM and Ex-World Champion
Jonathan Mestel, who came ahead of two other ex-world champions. The event was
sponsored by Winton Capital Management: http://www.wintoncapital.com/
The full results can be found at my website. Follow this link for the
final table: http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0405/finaltable.html
and this for the problems used:
http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0405/final_diag.html
British Chess Problem Society:
http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/
Alushta Diary 2005
Leonid Galperin sends a calendar of planned events in Alushta, Ukraine
2005.
GM Norm events: 6 17.06-27.06. 1.09-11.09 25.09-5.10 7.10-17.10 Rating
tournament 5.06 - 13.06 Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200 $
14.06 - 22.06 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Blitz tournament 28.06 12.09 Alushta Swiss
9 rounds Open tournament (rapid chess) 29 - 30.06 13-14.09 Alushta Swiss 9
rounds Open tournament First prize 1000 $ First prize (woman) 500$ 2.07-10.07
15.09-23.09 Alushta Swiss 9 rounds Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin
5.06-14.06 25.09-4.10 Alushta Individual and group studying
Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38
(06560)5-05-32 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for English speaking)
e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua
Harald Malmgren 100 years Correspondence
31st Dec 2004 saw the start of the first Grandmaster tournament on the
ICCF Webserver. The tournament is the "Harald Malmgren 100 years". The occasion
is to commemorate the 100:d birthday of Harald Malmgren, Tierp in Sweden.
Malmgren was runner up after Cecil Purdy in ICCF's first World Championship and
earned his GM title in the event. Malmgren passed away in 1957. In his career
he was also second in IFSB Championship 1939 and won the Swedish CC
Championship in 1942. Malmgren was a true chess enthusiast and issued a book in
1953 "Mina bästa partier" (My best games) with only CC games he had
played.
There are 13 participants and you will be able to follow the results on
http://www.schack.se/SSKK/palview/res/malmgren.htm
and as soon as about 10 moves are made in every game, SSKK will open a page for
"live" games. That is games according to the ICCF CoC regulations for live
games. The Category of the event is 10 which means that all norms are
available.The tournament has two sponsors, Schackakademin and Svenska
Schackbutiken AB.
The players are: IM Jan Bennborn, Sweden, IM Sture Olsson, Sweden, IM
Rune Bergquist, Norway, IM Ervin Liebert, Estonia, IM Taisto Koskela, Finland,
IM Leif Åhman, Sweden, SIM Jón A Pálsson, Iceland, SIM
Josef Mrkvicka, Czech Rep, GM Matthias Rüfenacht; Switzerland, IM Gary S
Benson, Australia, SIM John Pugh, England, Phillippe Chopin, France and Mads
Smith Hansen, Denmark. The withdrawing ICCF President keeps playing CC and
starts this event on his very last day in office.
Tomas Carnstam, Jonas Dahlgren, Robert Ericsson, Sebastian Nilsson and
Per Söderberg wedish Correspondence Chess Federation (SSKK) Board members.
Hamarat Challenge Match
The ICCF World Champion Tunc Hamarat (AUT) who has never lost a single
game with White, has challenged the "Rest of the World" to a friendly 2-game
match. He will have White in both games. The games (one will start with 1.e4
and one with 1.d4) will be played on the ICCF Webserver and started on 10th
February 2005 with the rule "10 moves/70 days".
The players on the "Rest of the World" team will vote on each move. The
move receiving the most votes will be selected. Should 2 or more moves receive
the same number of votes, the "Rest of the World" will be given 2 more voting
days to decide between the tied moves. Participation in this event is open to
all players who pay an entry fee of 5 EUR or $7.00 US dollars via their
National CC Federation or the ICCF Direct Entry (DE) option. All fees collected
will be transferred to the ICCF Development Fund. The money will be used
primarily for development and system support of the ICCF WebChess Server. It
will be possible to join the "Rest of the World" team at any stage of the game.
The games may be seen "live" by all players and other observers at
http://www.iccf-webchess.com
Each player who voted for the selected move will receive 1 point per
move. The player(s) with the most points at the end of the games will receive
an ICCF Gold Book. The list of all entrants will be published on the ICCF
webpage.
1st ICCF Webchess Open Tournament
The ICCF have announced the 1st WebChess Open Tournament and invites
every player worldwide to participate in the event. The event is to be played
on the ICCF dedicated Webserver http://www.iccf-webchess.com. This
tournament is open to all correspondence chess players worldwide, also for
those without any previous ICCF experience. Multiple entries are allowed. The
tournament will be played in three stages - preliminaries, semifinal and final.
Details: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=19
Russia vs ROW Correspondence
The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is
using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64
boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004. Players include Joop
van Oosterom
http://www.mychessweb.com/Tables/Internationale/Play/russia-world.htm
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